The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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Tight End Erick All Can Do It All STATISTICS Year Rec. Yards TD 2018 30 465 4 2017 28 336 3 2016 15 248 0 HONORS • 2018 Ohio Prep Sportswriters Asso- ciation Division 1 All-State third-team choice. • 2018 Ohio Prep Sportswriters As- sociation Southwest All-District first- teamer as a wide receiver in Division 1, and a second-teamer in 2017. • First-team All-Greater Miami Con- ference selection following both his junior and senior seasons. • Southwest Ohio Football Coaches Association Division 1 All-City first- team member in 2018. • All-Area first-team pick in 2018 as an offensive lineman (the team didn't have a tight end listed) and a second- team pick in 2017 as a wide receiver by The Journal-News. RECRUITMENT • Committed to Michigan on June 24, 2018, following a visit to Ann Arbor, after picking up his offer on May 11, 2018. • Selected the Wolverines over Iowa, Florida State, Notre Dame and Wiscon- sin, among others. • Saw his recruitment pick up steam right before pledging to the Wolver- ines, hauling in offers from Wisconsin, Notre Dame and Florida State in May. • Tight ends coach Sherrone Moore was his main recruiter. ERICK ALL TIGHT END 6-4 • 225 FAIRFIELD HIGH SCHOOL FAIRFIELD, OHIO RANKINGS STARS NAT. POS. STATE ✪ ✪ ✪ ✪ — 16 15 ✪ ✪ ✪ ✪ 309 13 12 ✪ ✪ ✪ — 10# 17 # Ranked as an H tight end (ESPN splits the category into "H" — H-back — and "Y" — more traditional — tight ends) 2019 FOOTBALL RECRUITING ISSUE BY ANDREW HUSSEY Tight end Erick All needed to get bigger. Without the frame and weight of a big-time tight end prospect, the Fair- field (Ohio) High School product made a commitment to add the size needed to get noticed by some of the best col- leges in the country. The hard work paid off for All. "I look back at his sophomore year and he started as a wide receiver for us at probably 6-2, 175 pounds," Fairfield head coach Jason Krause said. "The biggest thing Erick did was he was very conscientious about gaining weight and taking care of his body. He ended up blossoming into a kid that's almost 6-5 and 220 [pounds] by the time he left here. "He did a really, really good job with his diet and focus- ing on being in the weight room every single day and not missing a day." All changed his eating habits, and it helped him gain the necessary weight to look more and more like a player a school like Michigan would want. Krause said that it's difficult for high school players to put on significant weight due to the intensity of training and the players' high metabolism, but All was able to transform his body. Rivals.com Midwest recruiting ana- lyst Josh Helmholdt saw All play in both his junior and senior years. All's physical change was the biggest part of his development as a player. "The main way I've seen him de- velop is physically," Helmholdt said. "When I saw him as a junior, it didn't look like he was anywhere close to col- lege tight end size. And he really im- proved height wise and frame wise in the offseason be- tween his junior and senior seasons. "That's the big- gest developmental key that I've seen from him through- out his career in high school, but he also grew as a foot- ball player as well." Not only will All be providing U-M with his physical presence, he will also arrive in Ann Arbor with exceptional versatility. Krause said his ability to play multiple positions is what will make him successful at the college level. "He's a kid that they can play in all All caught 73 passes for 1,049 yards and seven touchdowns in his three seasons at Fairfield (Ohio) High School. PHOTO COURTESY RIVALS.COM 36 THE WOLVERINE MARCH 2019 2019 Projection When Michigan kicks off the 2019 season, Sean McKeon will be a senior and Nick Eubanks will be a redshirt junior. The staff also signed Mustapha Muhammad and Luke Schoonmaker in the 2018 class, but they each redshirted this past season. All is the only tight end Michi- gan took in the 2019 class, and will likely be behind all four afore- mentioned players on next year's depth chart.